Little Silver

Little Silver is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The area was inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans prior to European settlement, and the brothers Joseph and Peter Parker settled the area in 1667, lending their names to Parkers Creek. The name "Little Silver" came from either the Parker brothers' father's estate in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the payment given to the natives for the purchase of the land, or the placid appearance of the water. In 1908, Harold and Elsie Sickles opened a wholesale truck farm, and their business would evolve into a year-round specialty garden and food market, "Sickles Market", in 1998. On 28 April 1923, Little Silver was incorporated as a borough. In 2016, Little Silver had a population of 5,895.